Whats up Getbig. As some of you know, I used to be obsessed with bodybuilding. Tried all sorts of drugs, every diet and workout plan under the sun. Well, its been 4 years now since I last used any drugs, and for the most part of the past 4 years I have only trained once or twice a week, not very seriously, and only eaten one or two meals per day, usually just focusing on some sort of meat. I havent put much thought or effort into my body whatsoever. And over the years, I did lose quite a bit of muscle and strength, to the point where I was only dead lifting 225 for 8-10 reps and benching 185 for 1-3 reps. Well, a few months ago I began taking training more seriously. I consistently go every monday, no more no less, and when I do go I focus just on the big compound movements with heavy weight, very explosive reps. Otherwise my diet has stayed the same. And over the course of a couple months I am starting to build up some good strength and muscle mass. My shoulders arent anywhere near as wide as they were when I was on juice, but I am bench pressing nearly as much as I did back then. Now the question is, are you overthinking your training? I know I was back when I used to train. It seems obvious to me now. Lift heavy and explosive. At least, thats what works for me.
Well..two things:
1. Most of the people in the gym are overthinking their training, most of them with the brains which are complete useless for that task. It is more like over-planning than overthinking, they add this and that and all old, new and semi-new exercises in their training and end up with the training schedule which force them to train twice every day of the week.
2. You still look like a retard..
For all so called natural bodybuilders: Fact is that all time you spend lifting weights, is out from your recovery. Smart split to three workouts, heavy lifting and lots of recovery is far better than lifting semi-hard every day/twice every day, 5 split etc. nonsense. Problem is that most of us doesn't know what heavy lifting means. They use moronic overloads and pitiful range of motion, and then they are disappointed because "it doesn't work". Well, it works only if you have good form and full range of motion, so you have to learn these simple things. Too difficult? That's why there is so few muscular naturals..So what is lifting heavy? Something like this:
As you see, it doesn't mean moronic weights, but more like exhausting muscles completely by using natural range of motion and quality reps.
